Bake-pan



UNITED fi A aonuiiniunv Nurses, or castes, raunsvtvaum.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that Ldornv HENRY NnLsoN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New Castle, in the countyof Lawrence and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new" and useful Improvements in Clothes-Hanger Cabinets; andl do declare the following to be a full, clear, andiexact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichkit appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to clothes-hangers,

also to cabinets, and itrelates more specifically to what might be termed a clothes hangerxcabinet.

I Uneobject ofthis invention is to generally improve upon devices of this character by "providing an improved foldable clotheshanger that is exceedingly strong, durable, rigid and compact, consistent with llghtncss and lowicost of manufacture, and 111 which the supporting levers are thoroughly pro- 1 tcctcdyfrom dust and are very efliciently supported by a series of superposed shelves wl'nchr alternate with one or more superposed series ofsupporting bars.

p *Other objects andadvantages may become apparentto persons who read the following 1 details ofdescriptionin connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a front view of a device constructed in accordance with the present in vention, the door being omitted.

Fig. 2is a horizontal sectional view, the section being taken between two of the shelves. h V

. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view, the section being taken along the line 393 of Figs. land 2.

Fig. 4.. is a view similar to Fig.2, but

illustrating a somewhat modified form of a the invention.

Fig. isa view similar to Fig. 3, but

illustratin g the modified form shown in Fig.

1, thesection being taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 4c. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4,but portions of the supporting bars being broken its oil, and the same being. shown in the extended or clothes-supporting position.

Referring to these drawings in detail, in

i which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the SGV". eral views, the device illustrated in Figs- 1, 2 and 3 comprises a series of superposed shelves or plates 1,2and3, the shelf 1 concherries-Hansen casrivn'r.

Specification of Letters Patent. l gflggm tgd J 11p 6 192Gb f 1 Application filed August 4, 1919. Serial No. 315,254.

stituting thetop or cover plate of a box or casing and the shelf 2 constituting the bot tomwor floor plate of the box or casing.-

extent. The door 6 is preferably hingedat 9 and adapted to swing downward and depend from the lower shelf 2 when the box is open for use," and any appropriate form of lock or latch 10 may be provided on the upper shelf 1 for engaging with the door 6 andholding it closed.

Two series of supporting bars 11 are arranged in alternate relation with the shelves 1, 2 and 3; that is, each bar of each series has one end .seatedlbetween two adjacent shelves and has its upper and lower surfaces touchingthe respective lower and upper surfaces of contiguous shelves, and a pivot-rod 12 extends through the relatively thick ends of the bars 11 and through the entire series of shelves so as to pivotally till WW) grooves 8 which'are spaced equi-distantfrom one another, and the ends of the shelves 3 are fitted. in these grooves s0 thatthe spaces between the shelves are equal in vertical connect these bars to the shelves in such relation that the shelf above each bar coacts with the shelf below and with the pivot-rod for supporting the respective bars against sagging or being depressed from the horizon tal position. For this purpose, the pivot bearing of each bar 11, through which the pivot-rod 12 extends, is located at a distance from the end of the bar sufficient to provide a short arm 11 which bears'upward against the superjacent shelf while the long arm 11 bears down on the subjacent shelf. Moreover, it will be seenthat the pivot-rod 12 is supported against bending in consequence of its engagement with each of the shelves, which increases the efliciency of each rod 12 as a support for the bars 11. These bars are preferably of the same vertical extent or height throughout their length, but are tapered from their inner ends to their outer ends with regard to their horizontal extent an t.

, .U-TED s- BAKE-PAN.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented duly bi,

Application filed June l, 1919. Eierial N0. 301,7EW.

1b (ZZZ whoa/tit may concern:

Be it known that T, JOHN. J. UDONNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at llliddletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bake-Pans, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to domestic cooking utensils, and more especially to pans; and the object of the same is to produce a bake pan in which the cake will. not stick as it so frequently does. i

This object is carriedout by the construction of the pan which permits one or more of its upright panels to fall or to be turned down to a'horizontal, so that a knife can be inserted under the cake or other cooked product and the same scraped off the bottom of the pan. Before turning down the upright panels, the knifecan be inserted toseparate the cake therefrom. As the pans are now made, it is quite impossible to insert a knifeunder the cake or the like, and my invention obviously avoids the difficulty. In the preferred form of my invention, the several panels let down, as they are hinged to the edges of the bottom of the pan and means are provided to hold them upright until they are to be purposely let down. Details are set forth below, and attention is drawn to the drawings, wherein Figure '1. is a side elevation,

Fig. 2 a longitudinal section,

Fig. 3 a cross section and Fig. l a detail plan view of one corner.

The bottom 1 is preferably flat, being sur rounded by a small flange 2 which is bent obliquely downward. from the plane of the bottom as seen in Fig. 3 and formed with knuckles 3. lVith a pan square or rectangular in contour, there are two sides and two ends, but I do not wish to be limited to the shape of the pan and therefore T refer to the upright elements as panels. Each has a body 4- which is preferably flat and its lower edge flanged outward as at 5 and formed with knuckles 6 alternating with those numbered 3 on the bottom and pintle pins 7 are run through the alined knuckles to convert them into hinges. The upper edge of each panel may be beaded as indi cated at 8. It is to be understood that there may be more than four panels if desired and that they may rise vertically or otherwise. I show them as inclined slightly outward,

as is the usual construction of bake pans, and therefore their ends will come together on meeting lines 1.0 (Fig. 4-) when their flanges contact with the flanges 2 on the bottom 1. On said ends I provide outwardly projecting lips which may or may not extend the complete heigl'lt of the panels, al-

though. they may rise to the upper edges thereof and the heads 8 may have to ter minate slightly short of the panels as seen in Fig. t it being noted that one lip 11 of each pair has a head 11 on its outer edge. These contacting lips 11 are connected by clips indicated at 12. A clip 12 is riveted, as at 12, upon one lip 11 of each pair, as shown in Fig. 2. its the clip is substantially U-shaped and is of highly resilient material it may be snapped around the lips and over the head 11, thus holding the lips together. Now when the pan is set up as seen in the drawings and filled with dough it is placed in the oven and baking takes place. When it is removed, a knife blade is passed down inside the panels and the sides of the cake or loaf separated therefrom. Then the clips 12 are sprung from engagement with some of the lips 11 and the panels are let down, turning easily on their hinges as will be clear. In this condition they lie substantially horizontal or in about the same plane as the bottom panel 1., and now a knife can be run under the cake or loaf, so as to separate it from the bottom. Thus sticking is avoided and it will be quite easy to wash the pan in its collapsed condition. It will be noted from Fig. 3 that the flanges 2 and the knuckles 3 cause the bottom to be'raised somewhat above the plane of the stove top upon which the knuckles rest, and this avoids burning of the cake or loaf. While I have shown all four panels as hinged, this is not absolutely necessary. Again I remark that T do not wish to confine myself to four panels, and in fact they need not be entirely separate from the bottom as some of them may be integral therewith or fastened thereto, and others hinged. The primary object is to permit the insertion of the knife blade over the bottom as described above.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement 

